How To Make Your Own Car Door Panels

Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue.

How to make your own car door panels.

May 19 2016 car door panels can be expensive depending on the vehicle make and model. Car door panels can be expensive depending on the vehicle make and model. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels.

When removing the old panels be sure to remove all staples and hang on to the clips. I used some 3m trim adhesive make sure it won t eat foam from napa and a quart of rubber contact cement. I set up the full sheet of cardboard on top of a clean sheet of plywood on some sawhorses in the middle of the garage so i could work around it. Mark simpson demonstrates on a 1962 oldsmobile door panel how to create custom car door panels using abs board and pre sewn top stitch panels from ez boy interiors.

When removing the old panels be sure to remove all staples and hang on to the clips. This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. Start by tracing the patterns onto the new cardboard that is your door panel. For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill.

Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue. Lets get to work. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. Building new panels also gives you the option of using higher quality materials.